Some people were asking about Fit Girl’s training for the Loch Ness Marathon – so I got this together.

We started training for the Loch Ness Marathon in July, with a 12 week plan to get her up to the marathon distance.

Here’s the plan we got together for it – 3 runs / cardio session a week, priority on the long run at the weekend:

It was a shorter than normal lead up and she didn’t run all the time. Sometimes she did spin sessions as her cardio instead of the shorter runs (to support / strengthen her injured knee). The 12 week lead in was designed to not put too much pressure on her knee either – less is more. Fit Girl was a bit limited by her knee and she had to be careful.

You can train for a marathon on 3 runs a week – and in some cases 1 long run a week (as long as you’re active / doing other cardio on other days in the week – spinfit worked for Fit Girl – sometimes 45 mins – 1:30). She also did short strength sessions at the gym.

Here’s Fit Girl’s actual training she did in the run up to the 2015 Loch Ness Marathon:

She did 1 long run a week, and did a mixture of 2 other runs a week, or 2-3 hard spin / strength sessions a week (she did 4 runs over 18 miles):

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1 Response to Fit Girl’s LNMarathon Training & Training Plan

Thanks for sharing these plans, they are really easy to follow and I’ve been injury free doing the 10k plan. I’m on the second week of the HM plan and its going great, looking forward to a long run in the hills this weekend.